Culled from the best of a wide variety of sources, this eleventh annual collection of fantasy fiction features contributions by Kim Newman, Joyce Carol Oates, Ellen Kushner, Jack Womack, Karen Joy Fowler, and others.

Contents:

Summation 1997: Fantasy by Terri Windling

Summation 1997: Horror by Ellen Datlow

Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1997 by Edward Bryant

Comics: 1997 by Seth Johnson

Obituaries: 1997 by James Frenkel

The Tale of the Skin by Emma Donoghue

Beauty and the Beast (poem) by Jaimes Alsop

Gulliver at Home by John Kessel

It Had to Be You by Nancy Pickard

The Skull of Charlotte Corday by Leslie Dick

I Am Infinite; I Contain Multitudes by Douglas Clegg

Coffee Jerk at the Gates of Hell (poem) by Christopher Jones

Riding the Black by Charles Grant

In the Fields by Christopher Harman

Mbo by Nicholas Royle

Winner Take All by Jeffrey Shaffer

Safe by Gary A. Braunbeck

El Castillo de la Perseverancia by Howard Waldrop

The Sin-Eater's Tale by Brennen Wysong

A Visit by Steven Millhauser

A Globe of Glass by Sonia Gernes

The Fall of the Kings by Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman

Coyote and the White Folks (poem) by Bill Lewis

Sheela Na Gig (poem) by Bill Lewis

The Flounder's Kiss by Michael Cadnum

Residuals by Paul J. McAuley and Kim Newman

The Psychomantium by Molly Brown

In the Black Mill by Michael Chabon

Dust Motes by P.D. Cacek

La Muerte (poem) by Pat Mora

Spanky's Back in Town by Christopher Fowler

Marriage (poem) by Denise Duhamel

Kingyo no fun by Nicholas Royle

Bucket of Blood by Norman Partridge

Mermaid (poem) by A. Alvarez

Estate by Caitlin R. Kiernan

The Sin of Elijah by Steve Stern

Driving Blind by Ray Bradbury

The Sky-Blue Ball by Joyce Carol Oates

The Black Fairy's Curse by Karen Joy Fowler

The Last Song of Sirit Byar by Peter S. Beagle

Marina's Fragrance by Mayra Santos-Febres

Setting Celestial Signs on Terrestrial Beings (poem) by Emily Warn

Rabbit Hole by Jane Yolen

Wild Horses by Charles de Lint

Princess (poem) by Matthew Sweeney

Audience by Jack Womack

Merlin by Robert Clinton

The Crawl by Stephen Laws

The Remains of Princess Kaiulani's Garden by Katherine Vaz

Dharma by Vikram Chandra

Honorable Mentions: 1997

Edited by Ellen Datlow and Terry Windling.

Original title: The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eleventh Annual CollectionOriginal languages:
English